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Rachel Weisz: Motherhood makes me want to scream!

Lovely Bones actress says it’s not always easy being a mum

By Nicola McCafferty

Monday 23 Nov 2009

The Lovely Bones actress - who is engaged to director Darren Aronofsky - says being a parent to three-year-old Henry is “delicious” but admits she needs her friends for support when family life gets too stressful.

She said: “I think one of the things that mothers aren’t allowed to talk about enough to one another… is the times when you’re pulling your hair out at home with the kids.

“Those moments when everything is crashing in and you feel like you’re going to scream. It doesn’t make us less good or less human, just real.

"I think there is sometimes too much pressure on us to be perfect parents, to be empathetic and loving all the time. Every woman needs a good girlfriend to be able to turn to and say, ‘I just can’t deal with it all today.’

“Because even though children are the most precious things in the world, they are also sent to test us. I think women are already stretched and pressured to be perfect, and it kind of drives me crazy.”